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Should you buy CVR Partners stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares CVR Partners with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with CVR Partners include Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Methanex (MEOH), CSW Industrials (CSW), Chemours (CC), and Avient (AVNT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

How does CVR Partners compare to Perimeter Solutions?

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) and Perimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Perimeter Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Perimeter Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CVR Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Perimeter Solutions. Perimeter Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVR Partners	$606.04M	2.14	$98.66M	$11.50	10.66
Perimeter Solutions	$705.90M	7.26	-$206.37M	-$1.34	N/A

CVR Partners has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Perimeter Solutions' net margin of -26.93%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 40.08% beat Perimeter Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	18.89%	40.08%	12.08%
Perimeter Solutions	-26.93%	18.29%	7.73%

CVR Partners has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Perimeter Solutions has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the broader market.

Perimeter Solutions has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.76%. Given Perimeter Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Perimeter Solutions is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Perimeter Solutions	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

In the previous week, Perimeter Solutions had 7 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Perimeter Solutions and 1 mentions for CVR Partners. Perimeter Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Perimeter Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Perimeter Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Perimeter Solutions beats CVR Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does CVR Partners compare to Methanex?

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

CVR Partners has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Methanex's net margin of -1.25%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 40.08% beat Methanex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	18.89%	40.08%	12.08%
Methanex	-1.25%	2.96%	1.12%

CVR Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Methanex. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVR Partners	$606.04M	2.14	$98.66M	$11.50	10.66
Methanex	$3.59B	1.28	$79.88M	-$0.49	N/A

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Methanex had 13 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Methanex and 1 mentions for CVR Partners. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Methanex	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

CVR Partners has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the broader market.

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $16.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CVR Partners pays out 139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methanex pays out -151.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Partners has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Methanex has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Methanex has a consensus price target of $66.78, indicating a potential upside of 12.13%. Given Methanex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Methanex is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Methanex	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Summary

Methanex beats CVR Partners on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does CVR Partners compare to CSW Industrials?

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) and CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) are both chemicals companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

CVR Partners has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 2 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CSW Industrials and 1 mentions for CVR Partners. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CSW Industrials	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CVR Partners has a net margin of 18.89% compared to CSW Industrials' net margin of 12.64%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 40.08% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	18.89%	40.08%	12.08%
CSW Industrials	12.64%	14.55%	9.48%

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $16.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. CVR Partners pays out 139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CSW Industrials pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and CSW Industrials has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

CSW Industrials has higher revenue and earnings than CVR Partners. CVR Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVR Partners	$606.04M	2.14	$98.66M	$11.50	10.66
CSW Industrials	$878.30M	4.93	$136.65M	$7.54	34.86

CSW Industrials has a consensus price target of $328.43, suggesting a potential upside of 24.94%. Given CSW Industrials' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Summary

CSW Industrials beats CVR Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does CVR Partners compare to Chemours?

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) and Chemours (NYSE:CC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Chemours had 16 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Chemours and 1 mentions for CVR Partners. CVR Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Chemours' score of -0.32 indicating that CVR Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chemours	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

CVR Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Chemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CVR Partners	$606.04M	2.14	$98.66M	$11.50	10.66
Chemours	$5.81B	0.56	-$386M	-$2.64	N/A

CVR Partners has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Chemours' net margin of -6.82%. Chemours' return on equity of 52.49% beat CVR Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	18.89%	40.08%	12.08%
Chemours	-6.82%	52.49%	1.78%

Chemours has a consensus target price of $23.09, indicating a potential upside of 7.55%. Given Chemours' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chemours	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

CVR Partners has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the broader market.

CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $16.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Chemours pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CVR Partners pays out 139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chemours pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CVR Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

CVR Partners beats Chemours on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does CVR Partners compare to Avient?

Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

CVR Partners has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Avient's net margin of 4.81%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 40.08% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avient	4.81%	11.11%	4.40%
CVR Partners	18.89%	40.08%	12.08%

Avient has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, CVR Partners has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the broader market.

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CVR Partners pays an annual dividend of $16.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Avient pays out 64.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Partners pays out 139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and CVR Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of CVR Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CVR Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Avient had 3 more articles in the media than CVR Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Avient and 1 mentions for CVR Partners. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat CVR Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CVR Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

CVR Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Avient. CVR Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avient	$3.28B	0.95	$81.90M	$1.72	19.82
CVR Partners	$606.04M	2.14	$98.66M	$11.50	10.66

Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.40, indicating a potential upside of 36.10%. Given Avient's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Avient beats CVR Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Metric	CVR Partners	FERTILIZERS Industry	Materials Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$1.30B	$9.60B	$4.77B	$22.99B
Dividend Yield	12.62%	4.27%	5.03%	4.13%
P/E Ratio	10.66	35.86	22.84	30.06
Price / Sales	2.14	1.44	6,697.28	90.72
Price / Cash	7.40	7.22	27.00	24.44
Price / Book	4.16	1.64	6.70	4.69
Net Income	$98.66M	$677.86M	$156.96M	$1.07B
7 Day Performance	-3.72%	-3.64%	-3.36%	0.01%
1 Month Performance	-4.00%	13.35%	-1.14%	0.10%
1 Year Performance	47.74%	33.43%	75.89%	27.86%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
UAN CVR Partners	1.4981 of 5 stars	$122.61 +0.6%	N/A	+47.5%	$1.30B	$606.04M	10.66	300
PRM Perimeter Solutions	3.5211 of 5 stars	$32.17 +1.3%	$37.00 +15.0%	+183.1%	$5.18B	$705.90M	N/A	240	Positive News
MEOH Methanex	3.2243 of 5 stars	$63.35 +5.3%	$64.90 +2.4%	+79.5%	$4.66B	$3.59B	N/A	1,649	Trending News Short Interest Decrease Analyst Revision Gap Up
CSW CSW Industrials	4.6981 of 5 stars	$274.47 +1.1%	$328.43 +19.7%	-19.0%	$4.47B	$878.30M	36.40	2,600	Positive News
CC Chemours	3.5878 of 5 stars	$25.28 +9.7%	$22.40 -11.4%	+99.2%	$3.46B	$5.81B	N/A	5,700	Trending News Analyst Forecast Options Volume Analyst Revision

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